Project description

Micro Dot pHAT is an unashamedly old school LED matrix display board,
with up to 30x7 pixels, using the Lite-On LTP-305 matrices. Perfect for
building a retro scrolling message display or a tiny 30 band spectrum
analyser.

Installing

Full install (recommended):

We’ve created an easy installation script that will install all
pre-requisites and get your Micro Dot pHAT up and running with minimal
efforts. To run it, fire up Terminal which you’ll find in Menu ->
Accessories -> Terminal on your Raspberry Pi desktop, as illustrated
below:

In the new terminal window type the command exactly as it appears below
(check for typos) and follow the on-screen instructions:

curl https://get.pimoroni.com/microdotphat | bash

Alternatively, on Raspbian, you can download the pimoroni-dashboard
and install your product by browsing to the relevant entry:

sudo apt-get install pimoroni

(you will find the Dashboard under ‘Accessories’ too, in the Pi menu -
or just run pimoroni-dashboard at the command line)

If you choose to download examples you’ll find them in
/home/pi/Pimoroni/microdotphat/.

Manual install:

Library install for Python 3:

on Raspbian:

sudo apt-get install python3-microdotphat

other environments:

sudo pip3 install microdotphat

Library install for Python 2:

on Raspbian:

sudo apt-get install python-microdotphat

other environments:

sudo pip2 install microdotphat

Development:

If you want to contribute, or like living on the edge of your seat by
having the latest code, you should clone this repository, cd to the
library directory, and run: